The current status of the simulation theory of cognition

Brain Research

Volumn 1428, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-79

  Hesslow, Germund ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Cognition; Consciousness; Memory; Simulation; Thought

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SIMULATION; THEORY; THINKING; WORKING MEMORY;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THINKING;

EID: 84855896582     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.06.026     Document Type: Review

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